(19)
(11) EP 2 267 887 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.08.2012 Bulletin 2012/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.2010 Bulletin 2010/52

(21) Application number: 10177163.2

(22) Date of filing: 15.02.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H03G 3/30(2006.01)
H04B 1/40(2006.01)
 H03D 3/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

(30) Priority: 16.02.2001 US 269623 P
21.12.2001 US 34734

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
02709570.2 / 1402631

(71) Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Li, Tao
    10041 Beijing (CN)
  • Holenstein, Christian
    San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US)
  • Kang, Injup
    San Diego, CA 92130 (US)
  • Walker, Brett. C.
    San Diego, CA 92131 (US)
  • Peterzell, Paul. E.
    San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US)
  • Challa, Raghu
    San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US)
  • Severson, Matthew, L.
    San Diego, CA 92057 (US)
  • Raghupathy, Arun
    San Diego, CA 92126 (US)
  • Sih, Gilbert. C.
    San Diego, CA 92129 (US)

(74) Representative: Catesby, Olivia Joanne et al
Tomkins & Co 5 Dartmouth Road
Dublin 6
Dublin 6 (IE)

   


(54) Direct conversion receiver architecture


(57) A method of processing a desired signal in a wireless communication system, and a direct downconversion receiver, the method comprising: amplifying the desired signal with a first gain having a coarse resolution; downconverting the amplified signal from radio frequency (RF) to baseband with a single frequency downconversion stage; digitizing the downconverted signal to provide samples; and digitally amplifying the samples with a second gain having a fine resolution to provide output data having a desired signal amplitude.







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